Need some build help/recommendations

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Haven't built in a while so I'm a little out of the loop. Building a gaming computer. I know I want an intel processor and a 1080 for the video card (unless someone has a good reason for me to go a different direction).

What processor should I get in the range of $300-$500? Again this is for gaming and last time I checked I don't need 10 cores, but I could be wrong.

Any motherboard recommendations?

As far as storage goes, whats the optimal setup? Two 512gb SSDs in raid? Or smaller SSDs? Does the size matter for speed? I'll have a regular disk drive for non-gaming storage.

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